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Captain Scraggs

Captain Scraggs by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne is available here as the complete text, split into 969 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Captain Scraggs by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #18469.

29 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 29 chapters

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This edition of Captain Scraggs by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #18469, divided into 29 chapters and 969 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.

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Captain Scraggs is presented in 29 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Captain Scraggs as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 969 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The 29 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.

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Is this the complete text of Captain Scraggs?

Yes. All 4844 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #18469 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #18469, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Captain Scraggs take to read?

About 403 minutes of reading across 969 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Captain Scraggs

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Rolling: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Captain Scraggs; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Coast: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Captain Scraggs; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Shortly: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Captain Scraggs; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Maggie: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Captain Scraggs; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

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